A total of 21 arson incidents were reported across Bangladesh from 4:00 am on Sunday to 6:00 pm on Monday during the second day of the 2nd round countrywide blockade called by BNP and its like-minded parties..
Fire Service and Civil Defense media cell station officer Talha Bin Jasim confirmed the matter on Monday afternoon.
Of these, 12 arson attacks were reported in Dhaka City Corporation areas. The fire official said a total of 16 incidents of arson were reported in Dhaka division, and four in Chattogram division.
A total of 16 buses, two trucks, one private car, one CNG-run autorickshaw, and one human hauler were torched during this period.
Forty-one units from the Fire Service and Civil Defence, along with 242 firefighters, were engaged to extinguish the blazes, added the fire officer.
